[updated October 2022]
Government Official Li in Yan Xian Where He Has the Wealth of Rocky Springheads and Large Herds, Also in Yang Xian This Land Just Beginning to Produce, Talking of Old Days, We Pour Out Our Emotions in the Style of Chang Ju Si Yun
李 侍 郎 于 阳 羡 里 富 有 泉 石，牧 亦 于 阳 羡 粗 有 薄 产，叙 旧 述 怀，因 献 长 句四 韵
冥 鸿 不 下 非 无 意
塞 马 归 来 是 偶 然。
紫 绶 公 卿 今 放 旷
白 头 郎 吏 尚 留 连。
终 南 山 下 抛 泉 洞
阳 羡 溪 中 买 钓 般。
欲 与 明 公 操 履 杖
愿 闻 休 去 是 何 年。
Li Shi Lang Yu Yang Xian Li Fu You Quan Shi, Mu Yi Yu Yang Xian Cu You Bo Chan, Xu Jiu Shu Huai, Yin Xian Chang Ju Si Yun
Ming hong bu xia fei wu yi
Sai ma gui lai shi ou ran.
Zi shou gong qing jin fang kuang
Bai tou lang li shang liu lian.
Zhong nan shan xia pao quan dong
Yang xian xi zhong mai diao ban.
Yu ming gong cao lu zhang
Yuan wen xiu qu shi he nian.
Government Official Li in Yan Xian Where He Has the Wealth of Rocky Springheads and Large Herds, Also in Yang Xian This Land Just Beginning to Produce, Talking of Old Days, We Pour Out Our Emotions in the Style of Chang Ju Si Yun
High-flying geese not yet coming down for a landing
Strategic border stronghold horses that run away, can return with many more is a very lucky sign.
Mr. Li a purple-silk ribbon minister, is ready to retire and go home
As a white-haired official, I still linger on in office.
Below the Zhongnan mountains, springhead waters emerge from holes and crevices
I should go fishing in the streams of Yang Xian.
We could hold hands and walk about with our canes
Hope to hear which year I can stop working and go outside.
Notes:
Yang Xian: Region inside the current province of Jiangsu.
High-flying geese: Du Mu is referring to himself, and like the geese he cannot land into a beautiful land of rural seclusion.
Purple-silk ribbon official: Signifying his official rank in the government.